"BE BUILT; BE ESTABLISHED" Isaiah 44: 24 - 28

God, your Redeemer, who shaped your life in your mother's womb says,
"I am God. I made all that is. With no help from you I spread out the skies and laid out the earth."

He makes the magicians look ridiculous and turns fortunetellers into jokes. He makes the experts look trivial and their latest knowledge look silly. But he backs the word of his servant and confirms the counsel of his messengers.

He says to Jerusalem, "Be inhabited," and to the cities of Judah, "Be rebuilt," and to the ruins, "I raise you up." He says to Ocean, "Dry up. I'm drying up your rivers."

He says to Cyrus, "My shepherd — everything I want, you'll do it."

He says to Jerusalem, "Be built," and to the Temple, "Be established."

YOU WERE SOLD FOR NOTHING. YOU'RE BEING BOUGHT BACK FOR NOTHING: (523)

Isaiah 52:1-3 Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion! Dress up in your Sunday best, Jerusalem, holy city! Those who want no part of God have been culled out. They won't be coming along. Brush off the dust and get to your feet, captive Jerusalem!

Throw off your chains, captive daughter of Zion! God says, "You were sold for nothing. You're being bought back for nothing."